Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.78%, while the MDAX index fell 0.51%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.04% or 4.26 points to trade at 144.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 2.59% or 1.97 points to end at 78.07 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 2.46% or 2.12 points to 88.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 3.20% or 0.615 points to trade at 18.580 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.25% or 1.75 points to end at 138.40 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.57% or 0.115 points to 19.985.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 4.80% to 32.11, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was up 3.12% to settle at 4.798 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.28% to close at 3.543.
The worst performers were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was down 3.70% to 169.00 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 3.07% to settle at 44.900 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 2.97% to 45.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which rose 3.54% to 3.36, Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:CECG) which was up 3.12% to settle at 4.798 and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen O.N. (DE:HDDG) which gained 2.69% to close at 2.1340.
The worst performers were Dr. Hoenle AG O.N. (DE:HNLG) which was down 3.94% to 63.400 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 3.54% to settle at 47.900 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 3.08% to 37.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 378 to 333 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.20% or 0.615 to 18.580. Shares in Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.07% or 1.420 to 44.900. Shares in Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.97% or 1.400 to 45.700. Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.54% or 1.760 to 47.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.09% to 19.95.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 8.90 to $1230.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $80.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1591, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 94.68.